Doll&#39;s eyes



- Feb. 28, 1928. 1,661,094

' I. A. RoM ER DOLLS EYE Filed Feb. 25. 1926 INVENTOR Jl. FommerATTORNEYS assumed by them when the eyes are open;

Patented Feb. 28,1928.

U NITED STATES Isaac s. nomniiaornnooxmrn, Naw You! aws was. Y

Application filed February 25, 1926. Serial no. passe; 1

I This applicat ioniis a continuation in part 1 of application 713,003filed May 13,1924.

My invention relates to dolls" eyes and particularly to dolls eyesmovably" mounted to vibrate from sideito side andiv ertieally p ,1provlded for eyeball element 110 :so that i said element may turnsidewise- Said ivots for closingothe eyes as if in sleeping.

The general object of my lIIVBHtIOII is to provide a doll?sf eyeassemblage including eyeballs and eyelids having eyelashesthereon, andso arranged as to produce natural movements of the eyeball and eyelid"to the endthat the eyeball may turn from "side to side independently ofthe' veyelid after the manner of the human eye and to the further endthat the eyeball and eyelid may rock vertically in unison to close as ifin sleep.

The manner and means whereby the aboveand other objectsas will appearare attained will be readily understood from the specific descriptionfollowing. a

Reference is to be had to the accompanyfication, it beingunderstood thatthe drawings are merely catedby theline. 3 -3 of Figure 1; r

I in the view;

illustrative of one example of the invention. Y i

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the front portion of a dolls headequipped with my improved eyeball assemblage shown in side view and withthe parts 'inthe positions Figure 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of theeyeball assemblage as emplaced 1n the head, a fragment of which isincluded Figure 3 is a horizontal section as indi- Figure 4 isa verticalsection as indicated by the line 44, Figure 2; a a i Figure 5 is atheeyelid units; y

Figure 6 is a vertical section of the front "portion of the head insleeping or reclining posture with the eye assemblage is side elevationand with the parts in the positions they'as'sume whencthe eyes areclosed as if in sleep.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example,I provide an eyeball element 10 in the form of a hemispherical shell anda separate eyelid element 11 made in the form 01? a concavo-convexsector disposed outside of the eyeball 10 and concentric therewith. Eacheyelid element 11 is provided with an. eyelash 12 preferably formed of alayer of fabric 13 glued to the inner surface of element 11.

perspective view of one of Informing the eyelash 12, either the war(p orweft threadsof the fabric13are remove leaving only threads ofone-direction to simulate an eyelash. a i Upper andlower verticalpivots'14 are 14 areinaxial alinement and integra 'With a bowed WVlI'G15. The p1vots14'pass verti- .cally through rearwardly directed ears 16a The horizontal pivots 18 passthroughcars '20 i on the element 1landthe outer pivots ing drawings forming a partof this speci- 18 havebearings at the outside of the ele ments 11 in walls or thickened.portions B of the head A. Similarly, pivots at the inner ends of theyoke '19 have bearings ina bridge or enlargement C inte ral with thebackof the nose D ofthe do shead.

In eyeball element l0at each side are slots 21 (Fig 4) affordingclearance forthe turn; ing sidewise ofthe said element 10 without 1contact withpi'vots 18 01 yoke 19; a a On each eyeball element 10' at aside thereof is an arm-22 directed and downwardly and Weighted in anysuit-v able manner as indicated at 23. The two 24 so that one eyeballelement 10 will necessarily. partake 0:15 the transverse movements mentof said wire 15 and the pivots #142 It isto be noted that the alinedvertical pivots 14 have no bearings in the head A of the doll, the saidpivots with the integral bowed wire 15 being floating without bearings.The arrangement permits of the bodrearwardly arms 22 are connectedby atransverse link ily movement of the wire 15 and pivots 14 a in responseto the .pendulous movement of the weighted arms 22 and link 24.

With the described dolls eye assemblage it will be clear that theeyeball elements. 10 may with their arms 22 turnsidewise with thepivots14 as an axis and thus relatively to an independently of theeyelid element 11. Thus, the head may be moved slightly from side toside or gently vibrated to vibrate the arms 22 sidewise, thereby givingturning.

movement to element" 10 through an" arc suliicient to simulate thesidewise turning of the eyeball in the human eye socket. On

the other hand if the head :A be placed in a.

horizontal or reclining position as in sleep, therewill be averticalpendulousmovement of the weighted arms 22 under their own gravity andwith. said arms will vertically turn the eyeball element 10which isintegral therewith. The vertical turning of the eyeballelement will, byengagement with the lugs 16, bodily move the yoke and pivots 14 in theirvertical plane. As the pivots 1% move vertically, they necessarily,carry the eyelid elements 11 in an arc in unison with the turning of theelement 10.- Thus, it-will be clear that the eyeball elements 10 mayturn sidewise with the pivots lei/as an axis and independently-of theeyelid element 11 while the turning of the eyeball element 10 1 up ordown, wi1l through the pivots 14 carry also the eyelid elements 11 up ordown. Thus, as-the eyeball elements turn as in sleep,

I theieyelid element 11 and eyelashes 12 will forward or back, .withzthevertical vibration of the eyeball elements 10 and eyelid elements'll, itwill be observed by comparing Figures 1 and 6 that in one position ofthe eyelid elements, that is to say, above the eyeball elements 10 inthe open position of the.

eyes as in Figure 1, the lower pivot 14; contacts with the inner surfaceoi the face or front, of the dolls head While in the position ottheparts with the eyelid. elements 11 presented at the front of theopenings a in the head A, the upper vertical pivots 14: contact with thedolls head above the eye openings a so that said upperand lower pivots14 serve to limit the movementsot the eyeball eles mentsand eyelidelements in the movements of opening andclosing ot'the eyes.

In order to provide for causing the individual eyes to accommodatethemselves to any lack of precise aecuracy,in" the formation of the headat the eye openings, 1 provide for the independent vertical movementof'the eyes and in fact for an independent universal movement sullicientfor each eye to conform to its particular opening. As shown best inFigures 3 and 4, the transverse link 24 has its end portions passedthrough holes 28 in lateral ears 27. The conneetion between the ends ofthe link 24 and the ears 27, in etiect,aif0rds a practical universalconnection and allows freedom of movement" of one arm 22 and theadjacent, eye of link 24 relatively to the oppositeiarin 22 and the"corresponding end of said link 24. d A ver-- tical movement of the link2 iat-one end is eitectiveonly to a slight degree or not at all a v atthe opposite end so that the parts arenot dlstortedin the relativevertical movements of the arms22. The independent movement ofrthe arms22 results in atlordingthe eye-- ball elements 10 to an independentmovement one of the other,'so that each eye. can" con form itself to anyirregularities in the gii'ormationof the head'at the eye openings.

I would state furthermore thatwhile the illustrated example constitutesa practical embodiment, I do not limit myself: strictly to the exactdetails herein illustrated since, manifestly, the same can-beconsiderably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention.i 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1

A dolls, eye assemblage including eyeball elements, said eyeballelements having horizontal slots weighted arms on said elements, apivoted link connection between said arms,

separate eyelid elements having'side port1ons,"yol :es presentinghorizontal pivots for the eyeball elements, said horizontal pivots beingin the plane of and-passing through .said slots in the eyeball elementsand through said side portions of the eyelidelements, and verticallydisposed bowed wires presenting upper and lower alined vertical pivotson which the eyeball'and eyelid elements are mounted and about the axesof which vertical pivots theeyeballelements may turn sidewise relativelyto the eyelid; elements. I

ISAAC A. ROMMEB

